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Mitigating future risks: Why your organization should have an AI policy 

Candid

We then incorporated these guidelines into our employee policies. Today, our AI policy—which focuses on best practices, not specific tools—is integral to how we work and helps us use AI in a way that amplifies our mission. Here are three reasons why your organization should consider adopting an AI policy.

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Upholding The Social Bargain: Bookshare and Copyright Compliance

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

copyright law. The Section 121 copyright exception (often known as the Chafee Amendment after the Senator who introduced it in 1996) makes it possible for Benetech to scan just about any book and make it available to this community. The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law.

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Solutions Day 2023—Beyond Answers to Insight

.orgSource

One of the biggest is whether AI-generated content is protected by copyright law. Kimberly will explore these complex and evolving ethical and legal issues and the importance of developing policies and regulations that address this changing landscape. The use of AI in IP also raises additional questions.

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The Promise & Peril of Creator Tools Like ChatGPT for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the past six years since we started researching AI and nonprofits, we’ve seen the technology evolve and the price come down In the last few months, this new generation of “creator tools” such as GPTChat (text/writing) and Dalle-E for images have been available more broadly for public review and testing. And never should).

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I Need a Good Lawyer

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re operating at the forefront of copyright limitations and exceptions, both in the United States and globally. Of course, part of the role is the bread-and-butter work of a nonprofit GC: day-to-day transactions, reviewing our 990, providing counsel to our senior team and board. when we bring them to developing world countries.

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Bookshare’s Status as an Authorized Entity under Section 121

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Section 121 of the Copyright Act, also known as the Chafee Amendment (17 U.S.C. Finally, the Office of the General Counsel of the Department of Education reviewed Bookshare’s status as an authorized entity as part of the awards process for the Bookshare for Education project. Tags: copyright blind Bookshare Chafee.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

MIT Technology Review declared 2013 the year of the Internet of Things. I see the grand wave of IoT and Big Data combining to generate the copyright issue for the ages. Like my colleague Jane Zhang at TechSoup Canada , I pegged the Internet of Things (IoT) as something to watch this year. It’s a longer-term trend.

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